Masters
of Oblivion
II
Companions
Digidentity
Shieldmon:
A large metal covered digimon and pretty impenetrable. He’s attack is Power
Punch.
Elfmon:
A human like digimon with a deep love for nature. Her attack is Starlight Arrow.
Felamon:
Resembling a panther Felamon’s attack is Feline Claws.
Venomon:
A plant digimon with sinister motives. His attack is Coiling Vines.
‘My
dad should have been home by now, I know he would love to meet you.’ Luke said
putting a plate of rice and sauce in front of Aviemon.
The
bird hopped with excitement when he saw the food and immediately started eating,
not quite pecking as a bird but rather devouring like a small animal. Luke had
already noticed Aviemon could move like no other bird, his movements were more
like to a human in fact than a bird.
‘I
think anyone would find an orange talking eagle interesting.’ Luke said mostly
to himself.
Aveimon
mumbled an intelligible response while still devouring. He finished with a deep
sigh of pleasure and sat back on the couch like a human would.
‘You
said your father works at the military base did you?’ He asked.
‘Yeah,
he’s a general and in command with four other generals.’
‘And
you’ve never met these other four generals?’
‘No,
a lot of what dad does there he keeps secret and he never tells me a lot, I’ve
got used to it though.’ Luke said channel hopping with the remote.
‘I
would think a boy of your age, around fourteen if I’m not mistaken, would be
rather more, what’s the word, emotional to find a talking bird of my kind.’
Aveimon said standing up in a much more bird like perch.
‘Well
that’s not going to help much is it if I just act surprised all the time. I am
surprised, but sometimes you just have to do what you have to do.’ Luke said
still looking at the TV.
‘You’re
quite remarkable Luke.’ Aveimon complemented.
Luke
laughed and then said thanks.
‘Where
did the other Digimons go?’ Luke asked.
‘Oh,
I don’t know, I was too busy getting away from them and the men in uniform
with guns. I remember several of them were not of the most friendly nature,
there was one particular large individual who tried to “smash” me as he
claimed.’
‘Sounds
charming.’ Luke said.
‘What
is it with you and this box?’ Aveimon asked noticing that Luke was looking at
the TV all the time. ‘You don’t find all those flashing lights interesting
do you?’
‘No.’
Luke said. ‘I guess it doesn’t stimulate me, it’s brain numbing and
that’s why I watch it. Oh, I just remembered! Lee phoned me today, I probably
have to phone her back.’
He
stood up and went over to the telephone and Aveimon jumped onto the couch’s
backrest.
‘A
girl?’
‘Yes.’
‘Do
you like her?’
‘As
a friend, but she’s a little eccentric.’
As
soon as he put the phone to his ear he took it away again and slowly put it
down.
‘What
is it?’ Aveimon asked.
‘The
line’s dead.’
Luke
checked if the phone was plugged in and it was, he tried again but it still
wouldn’t’ work.
‘They’re
probably working on the lines again, I’ll try again later.’
Luke
sat down again but before grabbing the remote he looked out over the lit city
but could not see Trojan in the darkness.
Just
then there was a rapid knocking at the door and Aveimon sprang back onto the
back rest almost as if he had had a fright.
‘Who’s
that?’ He asked in a hushed quick voice.
‘I
don’t know.’ Luke said and walked to the door.
‘Check
who it is first!’ Aveimon insisted.
Luke
did as he was told and peered through the peep hole.
‘It’s
just Lee!’
As
soon as he opened the door Lee came rushing in followed by Abby and Pat and also
a large metal clad man, a blue woman and a panther. The kids struggled to get
their shoes off as they were pushed into the apartment. To say the very least
Luke was surprised.
‘Digimon!’
Aveimon cried jumping up onto the TV behind him and sprang from side to side
ready to fight or flee.
‘No
fear wild creature!’ The blue woman cried.
‘Hi
Luke!’ Lee cried very loudly in his face and patted him on the cheek.
Luke
relaxed deciding he wasn’t going to be surprised and closed the door to the
suddenly very crowded room.
‘I
assume these are also Digimon.’ Luke said to Pat.
‘They
could be mutated alley cats for all I know!’ Pat cried and Luke saw that he
had probably had a worse day then he had. He also noticed he had his hand around
Abby’s waist, he tried to ignore this.
Luke
surveyed the room. The large metal man had gone into the kitchen and opened the
fridge. He was bent over now looking with two shiny greedy eyes into its
interior. He didn’t look like a machine at all but rather like a big person
glad in metal shields. On his arms were long rectangular blocks of shields and
his hands had metal gloves on. On his chest was a big triangular shield and his
legs were similar to his arms. The only part of his face that was visible
through a helm was his glowing round eyes inside a slit. Everywhere on his body
there were patterns of red colour but mostly a brown silver
The
large black cat went and lay down on the couch without any hesitation and looked
at the TV with its luminous eyes. In the light of the room it could be seen that
the cat wasn’t all black but rather a deep brown with many different coloured
patterns of dark colour laying hidden except for when it moved its pelt. The cat
just shone of feminism and elegancy but the muscles that became visible when she
moved were strong.
The
woman was almost as strange as the metal man with her sparkling blue skin, green
hair and black eyes. She seemed smaller than an average person and looked young
enough to also be a teenager, not to mention a sexy one, yet old like the
biggest trees outside.
Aveimon
settled down a little bit after a few moments when no one made an attempt to
kill him and he began a conversation with the cat.
‘Dead
trees.’ The blue woman was saying looking down at the floor boards and the
walls.
The
metal man was emptying the fridge like one empties a bin of wood into an
incinerator.
Abby
and Pat stood close both looking rather disturbed and confused Pat being more so
than Abby. Abby was paying more and more attention on the blue woman.
‘My
name is Abby.’ She said finally to the woman.
‘I
am Elfmon, I am honoured to meet you Abby. I think I like you, in a way I feel
connected to you.’
‘Oh.’
Abby said looking extremely complemented and a little excited.
Lee
was jumping up and down like a jack hammer pounding the floor. She looked from
this way and to that with such glee it was threatening to flow over at any
moment.
‘Settle
down child.’ The cat said. ‘Come sit here with me, let’s watch this box,
it’s strangely compelling.’
Lee
was all too glad to do this and she seemed to calm down a little after this.
Little
time had passed when Luke went over to Aveimon.
‘This
is chaos.’ He said.
‘Quite.’
Aveimon said.
‘Hey,
everyone!’ Luke shouted and all but the metal man turned to him, he was
rummaging in the fridge for more food and started eyeing the cupboards.
‘Big
metal guy!’ Luke called to him and he finally started to pay attention.
‘What
is it?’ The cat asked expectantly.
Luke
suddenly found he didn’t quite know what he wanted to say and stood stunned
for a little while.
‘Hmm…
I was wondering if you are all Digimon. I mean did you all come out of the
military base together?’
There
was a general agreement to this.
‘Okay
good, maybe we can start by knowing everyone’s names.’ Luke suggested.
‘I
am Elfmon,’ the blue woman said, ‘lover of nature and protector of it.’
‘I
am Felamon.’ The cat said seductively.
‘Shieldmon!’
Said the metal man. ‘General tough guy and quite hungry, you wouldn’t have
any more food would you?’
‘Yeah,’
Pat said, ‘I agree with him, I’m hungry.’
‘And
I’m Aveimon.’ He said ignoring the great brute.
‘And
now for the humans, my name is Luke.’ He said.
‘Lee!’
Lee said jumping a few inches.
‘I’m
Abby.’ She said smiling to everyone.
‘My
name’s Pat.’ Pat said waving quickly with his hand.
‘Good,
now that the pleasantries are done with,’ Aveimon said, ‘I am willing to say
I agree with Shieldmon, I’m hungry.’
There
was general consent between the Digimon, even Felamon got an uncharacteristic
glint in her eyes.
‘Look,’
Luke said, ‘all my food is already gone and anyway, I didn’t invite you here
so go back to your own homes and find some food.’
‘What
food in our own homes?’ Pat said with despair. ‘I’m in the same boat as
you man.’
‘Are
you sure there’s no food around here?’ Shieldmon asked.
‘Unless
you’re willing to break into a convenience store.’ Luke said.
‘Sounds
like a plan to me, I think Luke should be our leader.’ Shieldmon said and
might have been smiling under his helm.
‘Wait
a second!’ Luke cried.
‘Where
did you say this store is?’ Felamon said sitting up.
‘No
one’s knocking over a store!’
‘No,
I think I should be leader.’ Shieldmon said.
‘As
long as you get the grub man.’ Pat said.
‘Hush,
everyone!’ Elfmon said and her clear voice was immediately effective.
She
was stalking towards the window as if she were afraid something might see her if
she didn’t approach carefully. She peered out into the night and her dark eyes
had a light in them like an animal at night.
‘There’s
something dark outside there, it’s just slipped away.’ She said.
‘Well,
that’s good then, we don’t need to bother about it.’ Pat said.
‘Yes,
food is a lot more important than cowards.’ Shieldmon said.
‘Hush,
I think it was another Digimon, there were after all, many others. This may be
the one that attacked us in the park.’
‘Attacked?’
Aveimon asked with some surprise and interest.
‘We
must find him and quench his anger!’ Elfmon said going towards the door.
‘Will you come with me Abby?’
‘Sure.’
Abby said letting go of Pat and going to Elfmon.
‘We’ll
come too.’ Lee said smiling broadly.
‘Yes.’
Was Felamon’s vote.
Luke
and Aveimon also consented to the search but Pat and Shieldmon were both less
than excited.
‘Goodbye,
tell us how it turned out.’
‘Come
now Shieldmon, you’ll get to smash stuff.’ Felamon said.
‘Really?’
He said turning to them brightly.
‘Come
with Pat, for me…’ Abby said beckoning to him.
‘Well,’
he said, ‘wouldn’t want you girls going alone with only A boy here to watch
your back.’
It
wasn’t the mentioning of him as A boy, with remark to his school grades of
course, but the fact that Pat actually went with Abby that kept Luke quiet. Luke
felt a weird feeling he had been feeling often the last while, Pat was his good
friend and the reference to him as an ‘A boy’ had of course been a joke, but
that didn’t change the fact that he didn’t like to see him with Abby.
When
they were outside the building once more they stood in the dark street with only
the street lights to show them the way.
‘I
could not tell which way the Digimon went,’ Elfmon said, ‘I suggest we split
up and search for him.’
‘I’ll
go with you two!’ Pat said quickly and Shieldmon without a word went with them
also.
‘We’ll
go this way then.’ Luke said meaning he, Aveimon, Lee and Felamon. Luke
managed to hide his disappointment.
‘You
still have a crush on her don’t you.’ Lee said.
Luke
was at first surprised by her regulated voice and insight but forgot about it.
‘No,
I don’t have a crush on her anymore,’ he said, ‘I’m completely and
totally in love with her.’
‘Young
love.’ Aveimon said hopping along.
‘What
are you talking about?’ Felamon said gracefully walking next to Lee. ‘You
don’t even have a full day’s memory, you’ve never seen young love
before.’
‘This
is awkward.’ Luke said blushing a little.
Lee
giggled.
He
looked at Lee. She’s a pretty girl with long blond hair making her look even
thinner than she really was. She wasn’t by any means very tall, Luke was
taller, but she always seemed thin and the clothes she picked to ware didn’t
always complement this fact. Luke admired her though, she had always done her
own thing and whenever anyone had said it was wrong she had laughed in their
faces and continued to do it.
Much
like Abby actually, except Abby preferred to stay quiet instead of shouting at
the top of her voice. Abby had black hair only half the length of Lee’s but
well looked after. She was one of those girls that didn’t need make-up to look
pretty but put it on anyway. Without beauty products she was beautiful but like
all women she failed to realise this. When she was at school there was a general
bustle always around her whereas Lee was always doing her own thing.
Luke’s
thoughts inadvertently went from Abby to Pat. He is the living embodiment of the
tall dark and handsome jock that the girls all want to be with and plays the
best soccer in the school being captain and all. He’s actually a really nice
guy if you get to know him, Luke thought for he was one of Pat’s few good
friends, but the difficulty is getting to know him. Despite his popularity he,
for some reason, hid his feelings and limited his friendships.
Luke
realised that he could be one of the popular guys if he liked, but he didn’t
care much for it. He did good at school, had a selective few friends which Lee,
Abby and Pat were most of and spent his breaks in the library where no one else
went. Many girls had asked him out but he had made a reputation of being
untouchable to all but Abby and the whole school knew this. With his brown hair,
well formed body and deep eyes it was easy to see why the girls went for him.
‘So
what do you think you are?’ Lee asked of Aviemon seeing Luke had gone into
thought.
‘Digimon.’
Aveimon said. ‘Please don’t ask me what that is because I like having all
the answers.’
The
others had gone down the other way and were looking into the allies. Elfmon
walked ahead of them all only glancing quickly into every dark spot as if it
were day and there were no shadows.
Shieldmon,
on the other hand, was strolling along confidently making a lot of noise with
his heavy feet.
‘What
an experience this has turned out to be!’ Pat said. ‘I’m telling my mind I
haven’t seen anything like this before in my life, I should be shocked with
disbelief, but I think my minds broken.’
‘Don’t
worry,’ Shieldmon said, ‘you don’t need it anyway, all you need to know is
when to sleep, when to fight and when to eat.’
‘There
is so much more to life than that!’ Elfmon said.
‘That’s
right!’ Abby said. ‘Is food and violence all you two can think of?’
‘Hmm.’
Thought Pat. ‘Are we men? Well me at least.’
‘Hush!’
Elfmon said again crouching and looking around, everyone fell still behind her
and stopped. ‘The putter patter of sneaky feet.’
The
others look around but none of them noticed anything.
‘Danger!’
They
saw Elfmon jumping aside and they did the same. All but Shieldmon who was hit.
Long green coils rapped themselves around his arm and pulled tight. It then
pulled at him but he pulled back. Out of the shadows from where they had come a
yell came and a Digimon came flying out by the force of Shieldmon’s tug.
Shieldmon lifted his arm and held it dangling by its coils.
It
was stranger than any of the Digimon yet, it was a eerie gooey sort of green
with the coils coming from knobs on its back. It looked sort of like a small
crocodile with much larger paws shaped more like hands with claws at the end.
‘Alright,
you got me!’ It called.
‘And
who are you?’ Shieldmon said shacking him a little.
‘Venomon!’
‘Why
were you stalking us?’ Elfmon asked coming up to Venomon.
‘Me?
Stalking you? I wouldn’t do that now would I? I’m an honest Digimon I am.’
He said.
‘No
you are not, your heart is full of deceit and I heard you whispering your attack
from behind us,’ Elfmon said, ‘when our backs were turned.’
‘Oh!’
He said smiling with bright sharp teeth. ‘I see, big ears.’
The
next moment his coils let go and he jumped onto Elfmon’s face.
‘Elfmon!’
Abby cried running to her aid.
Shieldmon
seemed very willing to hit Venomon with all his might no matter on who’s face
he was.
But
Venomon had no intention of staying. He cried ‘Coiling Vines’ and the coils
shot out again rapping around a lamp post. He was pulled away and landed on the
top of the lamppost. Spinning around he cried his attack again and the vines
came at Abby.
‘Starlight
Arrow!’
The
arrow hit the Vines and hit them away. The arrow lodged itself into a nearby
wall.
Venomon
snorted and turning around he jumped onto a wall and dug his claws into the
walls. He climbed up quickly making deep holes in the concrete.
‘We
can not let the vile thing escape!’ Elfmon said.
She
surprised them all as she ran to the lamp and jumped landing on its top with
grace. She then jumped to the building near it and landed on a windowsill.
Jumping from one spot to the other she reached the top of the roof.
‘I’ll
be right there!’ Shieldmon cried and without warning he picked up both Pat and
Abby each on a shoulder and started running heavily into the alley in the
direction they had gone. When they came out the other side they saw Venomon and
Elfmon close behind him jumping to the next building.
‘What’s
that?’ Lee cried pointing a black bulge in the road.
Felamon
sniffed the air and then cried. ‘Wait, don’t go closer!’
It
was too late, Lee had already run to the bulge and was looking down at it aghast
with her mouth and eyes wide.
The
others came to join her and they found it was a person lying there in a puddle
of blood. Luke leaned down and saw his eyes were open and he was breathing with
difficulty.
‘What’s
wrong?’ He asked of the man.
The
man’s eyes looked up at them as if he could just muster the strength to do so.
They then turned towards Lee and the two Digimon standing by her and back to
Luke.
Luke
noticed he had wounds on his arms where the clothes had been ripped, it looked
like people had attacked him with many whips.
The
man put his hand in his pocket groaning.
‘Ly
still.’ Luke said. ‘Lee, call the hospital!’
‘Wait.’
The man managed to gasp.
From
his pocket he let fall several things all identical in shape but differing in
colour.
‘For
you,’ the man said air not seeming to want to come through his throat, ‘and
them.’ He pointed at the Digimon with the last of his strength.
Luke
looked at the others but when he looked back the man wasn’t breathing anymore.
There was a long time that no one dared to move or speak.
‘Oh
my…!’ Lee cried falling back from the man’s body.
Luke
sat on the ground staring at the man not ready to act yet.
‘Calm
down Lee!’ Felamon said rubbing her fur against Lee’s legs. ‘Let’s go
back to the apartment.’
‘Luke,
are you alright?’ Aveimon asked hopping next to him and looking at him
concerned.
‘Oh,
yeah, I’m fine.’ He said his voice maybe a bit too calm.
The
next moment there came a scream from above and something landed from the air
before them. It looked up at them with red eyes and then smiled evilly.
‘Coiling
Vines!’
The
vines shot out at Luke who sat closest.
‘Razor
Wing!’ Cried Aveimon as he flew into the air.
Sharp
lights spinning like blades sprang from his wings and cut through the vines
before dissipating,
‘Erg!’
The enemy Digimon said in pain but more frustration.
‘What
do you want?’ Felamon said walking closer confidently.
‘I
want,’ the Digimon said, ‘to kick your asses!’
The
vines shot out again and grabbed Felamon throwing her a small distance. Aveimon
came turning around in the air and diving back to the battle.
‘Felamon!’
Lee cried.
‘Don’t
worry.’ Felamon said. ‘Feline Claws!’
She
cut through the vines with similar flashes of light to Aveimon’s attack and
stood up again.
Aveimon
swooped down and threw two blades of his attack at the Digimon but the quick sly
thing jumped aside.
‘Your
time has come Venomon!’
It
was Elfmon on top of the same roof Venomon had jumped from. In her bow she had
an arrow and her eyes had a light in them.
‘Ah!’
Venomon cried his frustration again. ‘Bring it!’
Eflmon
fired her arrow but Venomon grabbed it between his teeth and broke it in two
casting the bits aside.
‘That’s
enough.’ Felamon said casually and came pouncing at him with little effort.
Venomon
went bolting away and with his vines he pulled himself up onto another roof.
‘I
will find him!’ Elfmon said amazing the children as she sprang over the street
and landed on the other building.
‘Where
is he!’ It was Shieldmon, he came rushing in through a back alley with the
other two children still on his shoulders.
‘They’ve
gone.’ Luke said standing up as Aveimon landed next to him. ‘Thanks Aveimon.’
‘No
problem, it was actually quite enjoyable.’
‘Who’s
that?’ Abby asked jumping off Shieldmon.
‘He’s
dead!’ Lee said.
‘Are
you sure?’ Shieldmon said looking concerned and half afraid at the body.
‘We’re
not idiots! And have some respect.’ Aveimon said.
‘He’s
dead?’ Pat asked.
‘He’s
dead.’ Abby repeated to herself.
‘What
are these?’
Lee
had dared to come a little closer to the body and found the devices he had
dropped from his pocket on the ground. She inched closer and quickly snatched
one up. Felamon came to look at the device with her as she pressed the few
buttons on it to see what it did.
‘Was
that another Digimon?’ Asked Luke.
‘Yes.’
Shieldmon said, he and Pat still staring at the dead man. ‘Venomon…’
Abby
stood aside her eyes darting this way and that without her body moving, they
constantly darted towards the body.
‘Did
that thing kill him!’ Pat cried suddenly with rage.
‘No…
we found him like this… he died just now.’ Luke tried to explain. ‘No,’
he said then, ‘it might have been Venomon. The man has wounds like those vines
would make on his body.’
‘Oh!’
Abby said in sorrow and disgust and sat down on the tar.
‘This
one says my name!’ Lee shouted to them all. ‘It says my name! It says
Felamon’s name too!’
Luke
turned and saw Lee was holding one of the devices.
It
was about then that Elfmon returned dropping from the building landing on her
feet.
‘He
is too tricky in the night, I lost him.’ She said bitterly. ‘But I know he
killed this man without mercy.’
‘Why
would he do that?’ Lee asked.
‘Same
why we decided to be your friends, it’s his choice what he does with his
life.’ Felamon said.
They
were back in the apartment all looking like they had had a long night although
they had only been away for a few minutes. They had collected the devices on the
ground and then phoned the hospital saying they had found a dead body on the
ground, none of them liked lying. They then had to flee the scene with their
Digimon and looked from a distance as the ambulance arrived on the scene. They
all felt pretty horrid now, almost as if they were the guilty party.
The
devices they put on the table between the couch and the TV except for the one
Lee had picked up, she kept it, pressing buttons.
‘Maybe
we should have left them there,’ Pat said, ‘they are sort of evidence.’
‘The
man told me it was for me and the Digimon.’ Luke said, he, as everyone else
was looking at the table. ‘He knew what they were, he’s probably from the
military base.’
‘I
wouldn’t be surprised if that Venomon chased him all the way here.’ Felamon
said thinking as only a predator can do.
‘He
gave them to us.’ Luke said.
‘But
why would he do that? He doesn’t even know us! And look, if each pair takes
one there is still one extra!’ Pat said outraged at nothing in particular.
‘I
know!’ Luke shouted back, but it wasn’t a shouting contest, they were just
relieving their stress. ‘I wonder where my dad is.’
‘It’s
telling me there is no upgrade installed.’ Lee said.
‘Let
me see.’ Abby said taking one of the devices and started pressing buttons.
Everyone knew that she was the best in computers between them and sometimes came
to school bragging that she had hacked into a government computer and implanted
a virus that messed the whole thing up, no one believed her dough.
The
device was shaped like a dull star with four points like an octagon. There was a
small screen in the middle with a few buttons placed around it and at its back
was a clip to put it on ones belt. It looked a lot like a digital pet. But Abby
could see at first glance that it was much more advanced than that and as she
explored the hard drive she became more and more depressed.
‘This
is yours.’ She said finally holding the device out to Luke.
‘How
do you know?’ He asked taking it hesitantly, as soon as he touched it his own
name flashed across the screen.
‘It
had Aveimon’s name on it.’ She said.
‘It
has mine now.’ He said.
‘It
can detect what your name is, it chose you because you already have a friendship
link with Aveimon.’
‘How
do you know all this?’ Luke asked.
‘I
read the help file.’ She said. ‘But I don’t know how it can possibly
detect your name, something to do with brain waves.’
‘But
what does it do?’
‘I
don’t have the foggiest idea. It keeps saying it doesn’t have an upgrade
available but I don’t know what it means.’ She said as she checked another
device. ‘This one belongs to someone called Kai.’
‘I
don’t know him.’ Lee said, no one did.
‘Hey,
mine is saying “Digivice” now.’ Pat remarked.
Somewhere
else in the city in a much more run down part where the buildings seemed to
slouch over the lightless dirty street a shadow was moving. It moved past the
old breaking buildings and the stray dogs and cats scattered before it in panic.
But it wasn’t moving smoothly and quickly like one would expect a shadow to
move, it was hunched over and slow. Behind it left a line of black pools.
Finally
it collapsed right in front of a door that stood ajar. The sound was obvious and
the shadow became more materialized as it lay there. From the door a boy with
dark straw like hair watched with his eyes wide.
The
shadow noticed him and turned its head to him almost pleadingly, but it had too
much dignity to plead.
The
boy came forward, helped the shadow up and helped him into the old house closing
the door behind him.